George schneider



No. 617,300. Pafentd 1an. 3, |899.

e SCHNEIDER BIT HOLDER FOR BRIDLES.

(Application led Jan. 18, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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GEORGE SCHNEIDER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO HERBERT R. OLIVER AND CLIFTON E. KREBS, OF SAME PLACE.

BIT-HOLDER FOR Balmes.V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,300, dated January 3, 1899.

Application letl January 18, 1898. Serial No. 667,035. (No model.)V

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bit-Holders for Horses Bridles, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to a bit-holder for horses bridles or halters; and the object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of such devices suitable for use on horses in nre-engine houses, salvage-corps, and the like.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichn Figure 1 is a side view of the bit-holder. Fig. 2 is avertieal section of same. Fig. 3 is a side View of inner tube. Fig. 4: is a perspective View of the pivoted clip. Fig. 5 isa perspective view of the screw-cap with hook. Fig. 6 is a view of part of acheek-strap of a bridle and the clip pivoted thereto. Fig. 7 :is a view of a bridle with a bit-holder attached and the outline of a horses head shown in broken lines.

The bit-holder is to be used on what may be termed either a halter7 or a bridle7 or a combination of both.

The letter A designates the headstall, b the cheek-strap, c the nose-band, and d the throat-latch, all of which are ordinary parts of a halter or bridle.

When a horse is standing in a stable or is feeding-wherever he may be-the bit will be removed from his mout-h, and by reason of the action of the pivoted clip the bit will take position close below the animals lower jaw. When it is desired to place the bit in the animals mouth, it may be quickly done without any adjustment of the halter or bridle parts already mentioned by merely drawing the bit downward, swinging the tube and clip on the pivot to place the bit in position to enter the mouth, and then releasing the bit.

The bit c has at each end the usual ring f, and its positions when in the animals mouth and when out of it are shown iu Fig. 7

Two tubes g h are employed telescopically. The outer larger tube g has at its lower end a screw ring or fel-rule t' with an inward flange fi', which serves to stop the inner smaller tube h from drawing entirely out by the outside iiangej on its upper end contacting with said inward flange i. A screw-cap 7o takes over and around the outer side of the upper end of the large tube g. This cap has on its inside a suitable loop or hook 7.a', to which one end of an extension spiral springZ is attached. This spring extends down through the inner small tube 7i, and its lower end is attached to an eye m on the upper end of the snap-hook n, which screws through a cap o on the lower end of the small tube h. It will be seen that the spring Z, attached at the upper end of the large tube and at the lower end of the small tube, will normally keep the two tubes drawnv together, as shown; but by drawing the snap` hook downward the spring will elongate and allow the tubes to be extended. Thus the tendency 0f the spring is to keep the top cap 7c and the bottom cap o in their respective positions and prevent them from coming off.

I have provided a circular collarclip p or split ring with two tightening-jaws p and a set-screw q to bind them. An arm r projects upward from the clip, and at its upper end has a pivot-hole fr. This device constitutes a pivoted clip or swinging clip for connecting the telescopic bit-holder with the cheekstrap b. It is loosely attached to the cheekstrap by a pivot-pin or rivet s, passed through the hole r' in such manner as to allow the clip-ring p to swing, as indicated in Figs. 6 and 7, and thereby take either of two positions. The clip-ringp takes around the larger tube g, and the latter may be slipped upward or downward through the expanded clip-ring, as desired, to place the bit e normally at the required height to fit in the animals mouth. When the bit has been properly adjusted, the set-screw q ou the clip may be tightened to bind the clip closely around the tube and hold it firmly. Thus after the pivot-pin or rivet s has permanently fixed the arm r to the strap b the construction of the split collar or clipring p will allow the telescopic bit-holder to be vertically adjusted to suit the mouth of the animal on which the bridle may be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isn` 1. The herein described telescopic bitholder for bridle's consisting of the outer tube,

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g, having,` at its upper end a cap provided with an inside loop or hook, 75'; an inner tube, 7L, having at its lower end a screw-cap, o; a snap-hook whose shank screws through the said screw-cap and has interiorly an eye, m; and an extension Spiral spring passing through the said inner tube and having:r one end attached to said loop or hook on the upper cap, and the other end attached to said eye on the shank of snap-hook.

2. The combination of the cheek-strap of a bridle or halter; a clip-ring having` an upward-projecting arm Whose upper end is pivoted to the said cheek-strap so as to allow a GEORGE SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

OHAPIN A. FERGUSON, CHARLES B. MANN, Jr. 

